Timothy Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor, writer and director.

Biography

Nelson currently resides in New York City with his wife, Lisa Benavides, and his three sons.
On May 8, 2009, Nelson was inducted as an honorary member of the University of Tulsa's Beta of Oklahoma chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa national collegiate honor society.

, 1h41Directed byJames FrancoOriginUSAGenresDramaActorsJon Hamm, Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Joey King, Tim Blake NelsonRoles FatherRating48% The film focuses on the Compson Family, and their struggles to adjust to the changing society of the 20th century Deep South, told from four different perspectives: the mentally handicapped Benjy Compson, the fragile intellectual Quentin, the vile Jason and his family's old black servant, Dilsey.

, 1h44Directed byJames FrancoOriginUSAGenresDrama, Thriller, CrimeActorsJames Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Scott HazeRoles Sheriff FateRating55% Set in mountainous Sevier County, Tennessee, in the 1950s, Child of God tells the story of Lester Ballard. Ballard is a dispossessed, violent man whom the narrator describes as "a child of God much like yourself perhaps." Ballard's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes, and with few other ties, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller, as he falls deeper into crime and degradation.

, 2h2Directed byTommy Lee JonesOriginUSAGenresDrama, Historical, WesternActorsHilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Hailee Steinfeld, William Fichtner, Meryl Streep, James SpaderRoles The FreighterRating65% Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) is a 31-year-old spinster from New York, a former teacher who journeyed to the Midwest for more opportunity. She is an active member of the small farming community Loup City, Nebraska Territory, and has significant financial prospects and sizable land ownership. She seems strong and independent, but suffers from depression and isolation after being rejected by several potential husbands for being unattractive and overbearing. She makes dinner for and sings to her neighbor Bob Giffen (Evan Jones), but when she proposes, he turns her down and leaves to find a wife back east.

, 2h8Directed byAva DuVernayOriginUSAGenresDrama, Biography, HistoricalThemesFilms about racism, Political filmsActorsDavid Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Lorraine ToussaintRoles Col Al LingoRating74% In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) accepts his Nobel Peace Prize. Four African-American girls are shown walking down the stairs of the 16th Street Baptist Church until an explosion explosion set by the Ku Klux Klan kills them. In Selma, Alabama, Annie Lee Cooper attempts to register to vote but is prevented by the white registrar. King meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson and asks for federal legislation to allow black citizens to register to vote unencumbered. Johnson says he has more important projects.

, 1h33OriginUSAGenresDrama, CrimeActorsIsaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Leo Fitzpatrick, Al SapienzaRoles RayRating59% John Muhammad and Lee Malvo conduct a siege of terror on the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Their method: a series of random shootings in public places. Their weapon: a rifle fired from the trunk of a blue Chevrolet Caprice. The film investigates the genesis of those horrific events from the point of view of the two shooters, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across the United States.